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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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!TUNE 24, 1870.
Three Men D evoured by LAOns.
The usually quiet little village of Mid-
aneaawn was littely throwii into a painful
fever of excitement on the morning of May
12th, by an awful catastrophe, which oceur,
red. to the band lately attached to Janaes
Robinson,'s cirensand animal show, and led
by Prof. M. C. Sexton.
Upon starting out from eincinaratti for
the season, the management deterniined to
produce something novel in the way of -a
band chariot, and conceived the idea of
mounting the band upon the collosSal den of
performing Numidian lions, and which
would form one of the principal, and most
imposing features of the show: _Although
repeatedly warned by Professor Sexton that
he deemed the cage insecure and dangerous
in the extreme, the managers still persisted
in compelling the band to ride upon it.
Nothing; however, occurred until the
fa-
tal morning of the 12th The band took
their places, and the procession commenced
to move amid the shouts of the multitude of
rustics Who had assembled to witness the
grand pageant ,and heaa the.. enlivining
strains of music. Not a thought of danger
was entertained by anyone, but the awful
catastrophe was about to occur. As the
driver endeavored to make the turn in the
streets, the leaders became entangled- and
threw the entire team into confusion. The
driver lost control of them; and becoming
frightened they broke into a violent rain,
the fore whed of the cage coming in con -
tat with a large rook with Such give as to
cause the braces and stanchions which sup-
ported the met' to give way, thereby preci-
pitating the entire band into the awful pit
below. Yor an instant the vast crowd were
paralyzed with fear, but for a moment only,
and then arose such. a shriek.- of agonai as
was never heard before. The awful groans
of terror and agonytwhich arose from the
peor victims who were being torn and la-
cerated by the frightful monsters below was
•heart-re-nding and sickening to a terrible -de-
°Tee.
Every moment Some one 'ef the band
-vaould extricate himsed from the debris, and
leap over the side.of the cage to the ground
with a wild spring of terror, and faint away
upon striking the earth, so great was their
ten 01 teor. Buthurean nature could not Stand
and see men. literally devoured before their
very eyes, for there Were willing- hearts and
• strong arms ready to render every assistance
necessaaav to reecue the unfortunate victiMs
of this shocking calamity: A 'hardware
store which happenedtostand opposite was -
invaded, and pita -forks; crowbars, and long
bars of iron, and in fact every -available
weapon., were brought into requisition, the
side doors of the cage were:quickly torn
from their fastenings, and then a horrible
sight was presented to view. Mingled
among the brilliant uniforms of the the poor
unfortunate victuns,, lay legs and arms, torn
from their sockets and half devoured, while
the savage brutes glared ferociously with
their sickly green eyes upon the petrified'
crowd. 1;1 -of. Charles Waite, arriving at
this moment, gave ordersin regard to extri-
cating the dead arid wounded; he well know-
ing that it would be a dangerous and diffi-
cult undertaking to remove them from the
infuriated monsters. Stationing men with
forks-aud bars at every available point, he
sprang fearlessly into the den amid the sav-
age monsters, and commenced raising. the
wounclecl and passing them upoin ootdicle-
to their friends.
Tie had succeeded in rem ovi4 the wound-
. ed, and was proceeding to gather up the re-
mains of the lifeless, _when the mammoth
lion, known to showmen as old Nero, sprang
with a frightful roar upon hid keeper, fas-
tening his teeth and claws in his neck and
shoulders, lacerating him in a horrible man-
ner.- Professor White made three hercu-
lean efforts to shake the monster off, but
without avail, and gave orders to fire -upon
him. The Contents of four of Oolt's navys
were immediately poured into the carcass of
- the ferocioua. animal, and he fell dead; and
the brave little man, notwithstanding the
fearful inanner in which be was wounded,.
. never left the cage until every vestige of the
dead were carefully gathered together and
placed updn a sheet preparatory for burial.
.4 It was found that three of the ten, who
mounted the cage a short time before, were
killed outright, and four others terribly lace-
- rated. The names of the killed were Au:
oust Schoet, Conrad Freeiz and Charles
Gtreiner, Coffins were procured, and anim-
mediate burial determined upon, as the bo-
dies were so frightfully torn aiid lacerated.
as to be unrecognized by the most intimate
friends.
At midnight the carcasscf the slain beast
was quietly buried on the lot -where was in-
tended to be given the exhibition, but which
was never accomplished, There is a
terrible responsibility resting upon some
one, which should be thoroughly iirvestigat-
ed and the guilty parties brought.to a speedy
punishment. The lions are the same which
nearly cost Prof. Charles White his life two
years ago, 'while travelling with the Thay-
er & Noyes party, and were known to be a
very dangerous cage of animals.
•Ai.
The Battle of Waterloo June 18, 1815.
When William IV, was lying on his
death -bed at Windsor, the firing for the an-
niversary of Waterloo took place, and on
his inquning and learning the cause, he
breathed out faintly, ' It was a great clay
for England." We may say it was so, in
no spirit of vain -glorious boasting, on ac-
count of a well -won victory, but as viewed
in the light of a liberation for England, and
the civilized world generally, from the dan-
gerous ambition of an unscrupulous and too
powerful adversary. When Napolean re-
covered his throne at Paris, he couldonly
wring from an exhausted and but partially
loyal country about two hundred thousand
men to oppose to nearly a million of troops
which the Allied Sovereigns were ready to
.muster against him, His first -business was
to sustain the attack of the united British
and Prussian forces, posted in the. Nether-
lands, and it Was, his obvious policy •to
make an attack on these himself before any
others could come up to their assistance.
His rapid advance at the beginning of June,
before the English and Prussian command-
ers were aware of his having left Paris; his
qua arid brilliant assaults on the seperate
bodies of Prussians and British at .Ligny
and Quatre Br on the 16th were move-
ments,marked by all his brilliant military
genius, iand even when on the 18th, he
commenced the greater battle of Waterloo
with both, the advantage still remained to
him in tke divided positions of his double
enemy, giving him the power of bringing
his whole host concentratedly upon one of
theirs, thus neutralizing to some extent
their largely superior forcea; and, beyond a
doubt, through the superior skill and daring
whieh he thus showed, as well aa the won-
derful gallantry of his soldiei-y, the victory
at Waterloo ought to have been his. There
was one obstacle and it was decisive
--,the British infantry stood in their squares
unmovable upon the plain till afternoon,
when the arrival of the Prussians gave their
side the supeliority, It is unnecessary to
repeat details which have .been told in an
hundred chronicles. Enough that that even-
ing saw the noble and in large part veteran
army of Napoleon retreating and dispersing
neverto re -assemble, and that within a
month his sovereignity in Prance had defi-
nitely closed. A. heroic, but essentially
rash and ill-omened adventure, had ended
in consigning him to those six years of mis-
• erable imprisonment which form such an
anti-cllimax to the twenty of conquest and
-empire that went before. If we must con-
sider it a discredit to NV ellington , that he
was unaware on the evening of the 15th
that action was so near—even attending a
ball that evening in Brussels—it was amply
redeemed by the marvelous coolness and sa-
gacity with which he rmitle all „his subsa-
quent arrangement, and the patienco with
which he sustained the shock of the enemy,
both at Quatre Bras on, the 166h, and on
the 18th in the more terrible fight of Wa-
terloo. Thrown on thati occasion into the
central position among the opponents of Bo-
naparte, he was naturally and justky'hailed
as the savior of Europe, though at the same
time nothing Can be more clear than the
important part with which the eqaal force
of Prussians boreoin -meeting the „French
battallions. Thenceforth the name of Wel.
liaigton was venerated above that of any
living Englishman. According to Alison,
the battle of Waterloo was fought by 80,-
000 French and 250 guns; against 67,000
.English, Hanoverians, Belgians, &c., with
156 guns, to which were subsequently add-
ed certain large bodies of Prussians who
came in time to assist in gaining the day.
There were strictly but 22,000 British
troops on the field, of whom the total num-
ber killed was 1,417, and wounded 4,923,
The total. loss of the allied forces on that
bloody day was 22,378, of whom there were
killed 4,172. It was considered for that
time a very sangninary conflict, but
" The glory- ends not, and the pain is past."
Fatal Fffeets of Ligntning.
(From the Chicago Republican.)
One of those fearful occurrences which,
-from Iheir rarity and suddenness as well as
their inevitableness, fill the observer with a
feeling of awe and consternation, happened
Saturday about noon. • A party of laborers,
nine -in number, in the employ of Mr. Kilne
a, contractor, were working Saturday about
noon on North Avenue when the thunder
storm commenced. The rain came down
heavily and they were compelled to desist
and seek shelter from its fury. . They ran
toward a barn near the corner of Milwau-
kee Avenue, owned by Mr. R. Peri. One
of the men, nareed Dowling, was standing
near the stairs inside the barn. Staack, an-
other laborer, was sitting outside near the
north-east corner. f Miner was sitting close
by the door, and Eiser, Andrew Kennap-
pel, John Sehaenfeld, and a man named
Schultz, were also in the barn, standing
near the centre.- Suddenly a brilliant flash,
a streak of light along the wall and the floor
the. crackling of splinters, and a tremendous
crash, like the bursting of a mine, and Ei-
ser, the principal witness, fell stunned upon
the floor. He was insensible for a few mi-
nutes, but recovering consciousness, he ran
out of the barn terror stricken, scarcely
alive to the surroundings. The drenchingrain soon revived him, and he ran back to
the barn. Dowling and Miner were lying
dead upon the floor, just where a moment
before they were sitting itt the enjoyment
of full health. Running out again, nearly
bewildered, Eider saw Staack stretched up-
on the ground, lifeless. Gradually becom-
ing less excited he looked around to see if
he was the sole survivor of the awful catas-
trophe and beheld Schaenfeld, Kennapel and
_Schnitz together. The last named man was
lyingilown groaning, the other two stand-
'ing,o-Oer him. His legs and thighs were
both fearfully burned. Schaenfeld was
quite deaf, the shock having temporarily
paralyzed the organs of hearing. A num-
ber of persons flocked rapidly to the spot,
and carried the corpses and the suffering
man into the house of Mr, Peri. The barn.
presents a strange ! appearance. The bolt
struek it at one corner, whence the subtle
essence passed through to the opposite side,
tearing off the boarding and striking down
the men; anclagiser says he saw the light-
ning run along; the floor between the men
before it exploded. The bodiea present no
signs whatever of violence. The faces are
all calm, placid, and. undisturbed, and the
dead men wear the appearance of sleepers,
441, Murderer's goiisolenoe.
A few days ago, tiycknen applied for work
in the machine shop Crf,Mr. F. Schultz, ;in
Memphis, and were itot only employed, but
also furnished with board and lodgings in
the house of their employer. This arrange-
ment produced speedy familiarity, the men
presently bereave COD fidential with the mas-
ter machinist, and, among other scraps of
personal advelture,,told. him that, prevous
to seeking places in Memphis,they had beea
at work getting out timber in Arkaasas,
near L'Auguille river, for a st-tange person-
age named Schwarz. The latter, they said,
had related to them a horrible story of a
murder which he had committed in Louis -
Nine', Kentucky, three years ago, giving
every detail of the frightful crime, and al-
legiug that his victim was the pranietor of
a foundry in which he was wet:Wag at the
time. The fatal blow was struck in secret;
not the slightest circumstance pointed to the
perpetrator,and he (Schwarz), after three
whole years of immunity from even the
faintest suspicion,.might, if he chose, carry
the dread.secret to his grave with him.
But remorse was at work in his soul ; and
he was haunted by spectres, in the broad
day as in the darkness of the night, and that
he told the story to them (his workmen) to
escape the madness a longer concealment
must bring. Mr. Schultz, as may be fan-
cied, was greatly astonished by this curious
story; and finally concluded that the lum-
berman of L'Anguille River had been im-
posing upon the credulity of his two helpers.
Evet the latter, upon hearing this possibili-
ty of the case, were almost ready to believe
that they had deceived. On Monday, how-
ever, while at work in the machine shop,
they were amazed to see Schwarz himself
walk in and ask for work. As quickly as
possible they gave him to understand that
his confession had been divulged by them to
their employer, and that it would be very
imprudent in him to remain in Mernphis.
His .answer, very deliberately given was : -
"1 have been running away long enongh,
and shall never do so again. Life is a bur-
den to me, and I want to get rid of it. I
can neither res+. by day nor sleep by night,
and am determined to give myself up to the
law. "You have heard my confession and
arrest Me." The men recoiled from the
proposition with horror, and, no longer
doubtful of his guilt, again implored him to
fly He refused, as before in the most reso-
lute manner; and so fairly begged thena to
heed his request, that they accompanied him
to the police station on Adams street.—
There the unhappy Schwarz presented him-
self as under civilian arrest for the mullet
-
of three years before, and induced his un-
willing captors_ to make affidavits of the
confession they had heard from him in the
woods of Arkansas. Then he gave the
names of the men to the Chief of Police, re-
questing that officer to issue to them an of-
ficial certificate, showing that they, the
bearers named, hadcaptured and delivered
to the authorities the murderer of Perkins,
iron founder, Louisville, Ky. , Upon their
reception of this certificate, the doomed man
informed them that it would secure to them
the $700 reward which had been offered for
the mnrderer's capture, Then, after cordi-
ally shaking hands with them, and declar-
ing that he enjoyed a peace ofmind hither -
"to unknown to hinksince Satan had tempt-
ed him to shed blood, he went to his cell as
to triumph A telegram to Louisville was
quickly answered by one confirming the
whole story of the murder; and, at last fie
-
counts, Schwarz was awaiting the requisi-
tion of the Governor of Kentucky, to be
carried back to the scene of his crime, With
gyves upon his wrists, and there give a life
for a crime.
SPRING
ARRIVALS.
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T. K. AA D 1-4ARSON'S
SPRING STOCK OF
English, Scotch,
and -Canadian Tweeds
BROAD CLOTHS, &
HAS ARRIVED.
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
Prince Arthur Checks.
TAILORINC
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, DONE IN A FIRST
CLASS MANNER, AND ACCORDING TO
THE LATEST, OR ANY 'OTH IR4
• STYLE, TO SUIT
CUSTOMERS.
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. • 115—
Money! Money!
rpHE subscriber has received another large re-
mittan.ce of money for investment on good
farm property, at 8 per cent; or 10 per cent, and
no charges. _
JOHN S. PORTER.
Seaforth, jan'y. 21st, 1870. 95-tf.
ayinpillatvest
TOOLS
Grass& Grain Scythes
HAY AND STRAW
FORKS, RAKES
MORGAN AND MULLEY
CRADLES
All of the Best Materials
and at the Lowest LiV-
ing Prices, at
SIGN OF THE
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WITH ROPE AND PULLEYS TO SUIT,
ALSO WATER LIME AND
CALCINE PLASTER.
We, are determined not to
be Undersold by any
House in the Trade.
tee CALL AND BE CONVINCED. NO
TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
SEAFORTH, June 23, 1870. 112 --
IN CHANCERY.
THE COLONIAL SECURITIES CO,
(LIMITED), VS.
WHITEFORD.
TO BE SOLD AT
PUBLIC AUCTION
In pursuance of a decree of the Court of Chancery
made in this cause bearing date the tenth day of
May, A. D. 1870, with the approbation of THOS.
WARDLAW TAYLOR, ESQ., the Judge's Secretary,
on
Thursday, the 21st day of
JULY,
At eleven o'clock. a. m., at the
VILLAGE OF SEAFORTII,
IN THE COUNTY OF HURONBY
J BRINE;AUCTIONEER,
En one lot, that parcel or tract of land and pre-
mises, being the north half of Lot No. 20, in the
second Concession of the Township of Morris in
the County- aforesaid, containing ninety one and
three quarter acres more or less.
The property was lately in the occupation of
James Whiteford, deceased. There are about
thirty-five acres cleared and under cultivation,
with Log House and Barn. The lot is twenty
miles distant from Seaforth, to which there is a
good gravel road direct.
The property will be offerecl at an upset price of
$850—the purchaser to pay down it time of sale a
deposit of ten per cent on the amount of purchase
money, and. the remainder on or before the first
day of September next, and upon . such payment.
the purchaser shall be let into possession. In
other respects the conditions of sale are the stand-
ing conditions of the Court of Chancery.
For further particulars apply to MESiRS.
CROOKS, KINGSMILL & CATTANACH; Of Toronto,
the Vendor's Solicitors or to JOHN HOSKIN, ESQ.,
King St. Toronto,jand. Solicitors,
J. P. BRINE, Auctioneer.
. (Signed.)
T. W. TAYLOR.
Dated, June 11th'1870. 131 -td.
PASTURE.
--
THE subscriber has about 60 acres of excellent
pasture, with a never -failing spring creek
xinannag through it, into which he will receive
cattle and horses at moderatere,tes.
THOS. STEP.Et$N.S.
Seaforth, June 10, 1870. 131-4b4.
INSOLVENT
OF 18.69
ACT,
IN THE MATTER OF
JAivits YouNG, the Elder,
ANINSOLVENT.
1\--OTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN, that pursu-
±11 ant to the powers vested inime AS Assignee
of the above named Insolvent, all My right, title,
and interest in the following lands and premises,
as Assignee, as aforesaid, will be !old by
Public Auction !
At the Auction Mart f Mr.GEOROE M.TRUE-
MAN, in the Town of Goderich, Co. Huron,
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 18707
AT THE HOUR OF TWELVE- O'CLOCK,
NOON, :
All and singular, that certain parcel or tract of
Land and Premises, situate, lying and beingin the
Township of. McKillop,
In the Said. County of Huron, and Province of
Ontario, and being composed of
The Westerly 14,1f*of Lot No. 27,
111 the 3rd Concession of the said Township
of McKillop. The said Property con-
tains by admeasurement
FIFTY ACRES,
BE THE SAME
• MORE OR LESS,
Of which about 45 aresare- cleared. The land
is it clay loam. of.sood quality. The buildings
thereon consist t a Stone House about 18 x 28
feet, with a Frame Kitchen attached, and a
Frame Barn 34 x 54 feet. There is also a good
young Orchard on said premises. The property
is well sitttatecl, being a mile and. a half fromthe
flourishing:Village of Seaforth. For further par-
ticulars apply to the Assignee, or to ,
J. B.1GORDON,
•Solicitor, Goderich.
JOHN EfALITIEN,
• . Assignee.
Dated at Goderich,
this llth day of June, 1870. c
133-3—
SEAFORTH
FURNITURE WAREROOMS-
M.
ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturor ali kinds . of
:HOUSEHOLD -.FURNITURE
Such as -
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
CENTRE TABLES,
MATTRA S SE S,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS,
• CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS, =
In Great Varity.
Mr. R. has great conidence fn offering his
goods to the public, as they are made of Good
-
Seasoned Lumberand by First -Class Work-
men.
COFFINS MADE TO ORDER.
On the Shortest Notice.
• WOOD -TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despa,tch-
Wareroonas :
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL,
Main Street.
Seaforth, Jan'y 21st, 1870.
57-tf.
.IT
IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman. Ma -
if chine, although not much exceeding in price
the very cheapest machine manufactured any-
where, is yet Incomparably Superior to any cheap
machine yet brought out,
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-.
chine has achieved an immense popularity
inthe short time it has been before the people-
.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma -
1 chine alread.y.occupies a position. only acord-
ed to others after years of toilsome effort.
TT IS ITNDENIABLE that the Lockman
Ma-
▪ chine, by the mere force of its inherit good
qualities, is bound to becom.e the universal favor-
ite of the Canadian public.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that every family, eith-
• er in country, town or -city, should. have a
Sewing Ma,chine, ,,and it is equally =deniable
that none is so well adapted for universaluse as
the Lockman
WIFE, Sister and Father within the bounds
of our hippy land, importune their re-
spective.
TTITSBAND, Brother and Father. until the
Millenium (which is sure to follow the
universal introduction of the Sewirtg Machine)
has been inaugurated.
• WILSON, ROWMAN & CO.
Mr. C. H. CULL,
Agent, Seaforth.
• Hamilton, /an. 21, 1870. 111-tf..
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IRITISH EX1
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SEAFORTH.
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Seaforth„ May 5
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Thsuratee agent.
price paid for. gr,
Main Street, onel
Hardware Store.
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